The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-11-12

Louis Lingg, the bomb-mdker, committed
suicide in his cell on Thursday morning, by
placing dynamite cap in his mouth and ex-
ploding it by lighting it with the flame of u
candle. The scene in Lingg's cell after the
explosion was CHASTITY. Teeth, bits of jawbone
and specks of flesh and blood were scattered
all over the narrow. compartment. He pre-
sented horrible sight, with the lower part of
his Jaw completely torn off, and his thick au-
burn hair still matted with blood. The cheeks
were torn out, and hung down in jagged pieces
upon his neck; the teeth were knocked out,
the gums torn away, and but small stump of
the tongue appeared protruding from the
mangled throat. In the upper part of he
throat, Immediately under the lower part of
the jawbone, a terrible gap had been torn out
from the inside. The ball of the thumb of the
left hand, with which he had touched off the
explosive in his mouth, was torn open.
On Thursday afternoon Gov. Oglesby COM
muted to life Imprisonment the sentences of
Samuel Fielden and Michael Schwab, in re-
spouse to large petitions in their behalf.
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.
On the 4th of May, 1886, an anarchist meet
ing was held in the Haymarket, Chicago. An
extra detail of police was on duty. Spies was
the first speaker. He was followed by Par
sons, who succeeded Fielden, and he was
speaking from wagon, when hundred and
| fifty police officers marched through the crowd
and halted near the vehicle. Captain Ward,
addressing the audience said: 81 order you
under the laws of the State to dispense. !"
/ Immediately dynamite bomb was thrown.
4 Accompanied.with dreadful report it burst.
its fragments striking thirty police officers to
/ the ground. The representatives of the law
were dazed by the bewildering horror of the
moment Then rallying, they opened fire
| from their revovers. The mob broke and
were shot down as they ran. Sixty dead and
wounded of the Anarchists lay near the rear
| of the speakers wagon. In all, at least a
1 hundred Anarchists were killed or injured,
and sixty policemen, of whom seven we're
martyrs to duty in the defense of social order.
| The chief witness in the presentment OF
the case to the Grand Jury was Police Cap
tain NJ. j. Setback, who gave the details Of
an Anarchist plot to burn and rack the city
on the night of May 4. At the end of six
DAYS consideration the Grand Jury found
bills of Indictment against nine men. On
June q the trial opened before Judge Gary,
in the Superior Court, Chicago. Capt. Black
appearing for the accused. and State Attorney
Grinnell representing the people. On August
| 20 Spies Parsons Felden, Schwab Lingg,
! Engel. Fischer and Neebe were found guilty
of murder. After the verdict had been rem
dered the counsel Tor the condemned men
endeavored to secure n new trial, but this
was denied on October 4, and on October
Spies. Parsons, Fielding, Sehwab, Ling, En-
Gel and Fischer were sentenced 10 be hanged
on December 8, and Neebe to Imprisonment
for fourteen years. On November % stay
of execution was granted, pending an appeal
to the Supreme Court of the State, which
affirmed the verdict and sentenced the pris-
oners to be hanged on November II, 1887
A petition to the Supreme Court of the United
States was then made, but the case failed.